Kerbogha

Kerbogha (1050-1102) was the Atabeg of Mosul from 1096 to 1102, succeeding Ali ibn Sharaf al-Dawla and preceding Jekermysh of Mosul.

Biography
Kerbogha was born in 1050 to the Kerbogali Turkish dynasty, and he owed his success due to his military talent. In 1096, he succeeded Ali ibn Sharaf al-Dawla as Atabeg of Mosul, and in 1098 he marched to relieve the city of Antioch from the crusaders during the First Crusade. He besieged the crusaders in the city, but internal quarrels between the emirs and the Christian discovery of the Holy Lance led to a reinvigorated Christian attack against the Muslims. Kerbogha was abandoned by his allied emirs and was defeated, and he returned to Mosul, where he deid in 1102.